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Duration

4 weeks

Total fee

2,252

Mode of learning

Online

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  • Duration 4 weeks
  • Weekly study 4 hours
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  • Energy governance includes the rules, regulations, institutions and politics that affect energy system change. Effective governance is key to the transformation of energy systems in order to tackle climate change with the urgency that's needed.
  • On this course, you will explore how and why energy systems need to change, and what this means for security, people and costs. You will also learn about the key elements of effective energy governance and explore real-life examples of energy governance from around the world.

Transforming Energy Systems: Why Governance Matters
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Curriculum

Energy system transformation: changes, challenges and governance

Welcome and Course Introduction

Understanding energy systems

The impacts of conventional energy systems

Energy system change

The governance challenge

End of Week 1

Emerging energy systems

Welcome to Week 2

Changing energy system characteristics

Directions of energy system change

Changing Money Flows and New Business Models

Energy institutions in changing energy systems

End of Week 2

People, Scale and Society

Welcome to Week 3

Understanding the changing role of people in energy systems and the need for meaningful consent and equity

Why is local energy becoming more important?

The role of society in energy system transformations

Challenges of system change across scales

End of Week 3

Energy governance change for rapid decarbonisation

Welcome to Week 4

Problems for energy governance to address

Good governance ? insights from other countries

IGov?s proposed reforms to energy system governance

Conclusions ? A fit-for-purpose energy governance framework

End of Week 4

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